Hunting News

The following is copied
from the June Update from the Wildlife Legislative Fund of America:

Florida Bills to Ban
Youth
Hunts Are Defeated

Two
Florida
Bills that would have restricted youth hunting activities have been
defeated
in committee.

The
WLFA
recently alerted sportsmen, including through the weekly On Target
email
update, about two bills in Florida that threatened to ban the Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission from sponsoring youth
hunts.
House Bill 445, sponsored by Representative Smith (D-Broward), and
Senate
Bill 824, sponsored by Senator Wasserman-Schultz (D-Broward), would
have
put the future of hunting in Florida in jeopardy by limiting
opportunities
for young people to learn about the sport.

Many
concerned
sportsmen and sportswomen in Florida wrote to their representatives an
senators to express opposition to HB 445 and SB 824. Thanks to
those
committed sportsmen, HB 445 failed to pass out of the House Committees
for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Juvenile Justice
and
Crime Prevention, Corrections and Safety. It also failed to move
in the House Council for Ready Infrastructure. Senate Bill 824
did
not pas the Senate Natural Resources, Judiciary or Government Oversight
and Productivity Committees. Because the deadlines for these
bills
to move out of committees have passed, they are no longer threats in
this
legislative session.